[AmyWeiss]

Thanks Kathy and ConcernedStu. I appreciate your sharing.

I definitely was hopeful for pCR because my response seemed to be so good during treatment (and mostly it was since tumor in breast was gone). I keep wondering if the cancer on node was just so fibrous that the chemo couldn't get it all. Unfortunately, because I don't have ER+ cancer, my doctor can't give me Tamoxifen or other estrogen-suppressing drugs, thus she has to be more aggressive with treatment to make sure any potential floating cells are zapped to smithereens. She's consulting with her tumor board now as well as others at a big conference in Chicago so I will hear her final recommendation soon but I am anticipating more chemo. If that's what it takes, I'm good with it. Like so many women here, I am a mom of young children and will do whatever they tell me. I keep thinking I may get more battle wounds but it's worth it as long as I win the war.

Hope everyone out there is winning their wars and kicking cancers ass!